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Unlocated burial on Connolly Street, Athlone town. According to the files in the National Museum of Ireland in July 1992 human remains were discovered in the back garden of a dwelling house at Connolly Street, Athlone, Co. Westmeath (Cahill & Sikora 2011, vol. 2, 518). They were apparently found in a ditch, described as measuring 0.9m x 1.2m oriented north-east/south-west. The remains were given to Mr Gearoid O'Brien of Westmeath County Library, who handed them over to the NMI. The remains consisted of part of a child's skull, an adult skull and portion of a long bone of an animal. Their original disposition in the trench is not known (1992:25.1-3). According to Mr O'Brien the ditch may have been related to entrenchments made at the time of the siege of Athlone in 1691 (NMI File).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 08 December 2010
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